--- title: Identify the circumstance in which a dog ought not to be disturbed. — Meeting a dog safely · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the circumstance in which a dog ought not to be disturbed. Exam question 3 of lesson 22 «Meeting a dog safely» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Meeting a dog safely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Meeting a dog safely Identify the circumstance in which a dog ought not to be disturbed. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, not disturb · **To what, where:** circumstance, dog This is exam question 3 of lesson 22 «Meeting a dog safely» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:e3:1 # text = Identify the circumstance in which a dog ought not to be disturbed. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 circumstance circumstance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 disturbed disturb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the circumstance | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme | | 2 | **not** **disturb** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | a dog | | the circumstance | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Whilst it is eating, sleeping, chewing a toy or tending its puppies ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:e3:o1:1 # text = Whilst it is eating, sleeping, chewing a toy or tending its puppies 1 Whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 chewing chew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 tending tend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 13 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 puppies puppy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present · progressive | it | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **chew** | gerund | | a toy | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient | | 4 | **tend** | gerund | | toy's puppies | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Whilst it is wagging its tail loosely ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:e3:o2:1 # text = Whilst it is wagging its tail loosely 1 Whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 wagging wag VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 loosely loosely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wag** | present · progressive | it | its tail | | | | loosely *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Whilst it is walking calmly beside its owner ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:e3:o3:1 # text = Whilst it is walking calmly beside its owner 1 Whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 calmly calmly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 beside beside ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present · progressive | it | | | its owner | | calmly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside owner=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Whilst it is sitting upon command ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:e3:o4:1 # text = Whilst it is sitting upon command 1 Whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present · progressive | it | | | command | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon command=Location | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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